Improvement in flax-spinning



PATENT EErcEO LEVI SKEELS, OF WOR'IHINGTON, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN FLAX-SPINNING MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Leiters Patent No. 52,506, dated February 6, 1866.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, LEVI SKEELs, of Worthin gton, Franklin county, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Flax-Spinner; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecitication.

My invention relates to a cheap and simple device for spinning dax into thread or yarn.

Figure l is a perspective View of a daxspinner embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is an axial section through the bobbin and feeder.

A represents the base of the machine, from which there rises a standard, B, having journal-bearings for the dy-wheel C.

D is avibratory arm, pivoted to the base at d and propelled from the dy-wheel G by means of the connecting-rod or pitman E. The upper or free end of the vibratory arm D is provided witha holder, F, having a slit, f, to receive the crude dax. Pivoted near the end of the holder` F is a segment-Wheel or feeder, G, having one or more nicks or notches, g, for forcing small successive quantities of dax out of the holder.

The dax is pressed forward and held in a suitable position to be caught by the feeder by an elastic finger, H.

A leather or india-rubber cushion, h, may be interposed to guard the feeder from direct contact of the dnger H When the dax has run out.

An alternate semi-rotary movement is imparted to the feeder G by the stud I, which is rigidly secured to the part J of the springjaws J J', hereinafter described, and which engages with the indentation g of the feeder at each stroke of the vibratory arm D.

When it is desired to replenish the holder with dax the end of the dnger H is temporarily caught in the notch d.

Each successive modicum of crude dax presented by the feeder G is received and grasped by a clamp composed of two spring-jaws, J and J', faced with leather or rubber, where it becomes entwined with the yarn already being spun, and is drawn and wound onto the bobbin M by the simultaneous rotation at slightly unequal speeds of the said bobbin and of a dier, K. lhel dier K has a bowed and hooked finger, 7c, and a straight oblique finger,

7c', which have the form represented in the drawings, and the position also shown in the drawings relatively to each other and to the bobbin, so as to cause the yarn to wind evenly upon the bobbin Without the necessity of giving any travel77 to the dier or to the bobbin. In order to effect this purpose the finger k is placed at such a position-as that the portion of the thread which comes from the hook of the finger 7c and that portion thereof which passes to the bobbin form equal angles with said finger k. When the thread is at the middle of the bobbin, or by giving said finger the form of a dat circular arc whose chord is toward the bobbin and at the position stated, the parts of the thread approaching and leaving the finger may be made to form equal angles therewith at every part thereof.

. The bobbin and dier are driven at slightly unequal velocities by connection with the driv ing-wheel, in the customary manner.

L is a yielding rest, which prevents the dax from falling down while held between the jaws J J.

L is a projection on the clamp J, which presses back the dnger H so as to enable it to react on the dax at the return-stroke of the arm D.

Operation: The crude dax being placed in the holder F, the dy-wheel G is turned in the direction indicated bythe arrow, which movement brings the holder between the jaws J J of the clamp, and the projecting stud I having produced a partial revolution of the feeder Gr, a quantity of the dax is forced out from the holder andis held fast between-the jaws of the clamp.

The rotary movement of the bobbin M draws the dax out into a thread or yarn, and the dier K assists in Winding it upon the bobbin.

I have selected for illustration the form preferred by me, but do not desire to restrict myself to the precise arrangement described, as various modifications are obviously possible. For example, I have used, instead of the segment-wheel for feeding the dax, a iin ger or rod having a suitable indentation.

Two small pressure-rollers may be substituted for thejaws J J.

The counter-shaft O, which drives the bobbin and dier, may be lengthened so as to operate a dozen or more bobbins having a corresponding number of feeders, arranged to be thrown separately ont of gear, for joining any broken thread or replenishing the holder. ./By e slight modiiieetion of other parts the ff/jews J J' may be made to vibrate instead of the holder.

I claim herein as new and of my invention- 1. The arrangement of vihratory slit-holder Ff, notched feeder G g, sprin g-n ger H, and stnd I, for detaehing and feeding forward the aX, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with the above-claimed feeding mechanism, the clamp J J constructed and operating as set forth.

3. The described arrangement of clamp J J and yielding rest L, for the purpose explained.

4. The flier K lc 7c', formed and arranged to wind evenly upon the bobbin, as set forth.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

LEVI SKEELS.

Witnesses:

GEO. H. KNIGHT, J AMES H. LAYMAN. 

